Interview · moment 19 of 20
Media Distrust Since 9/11, COVID, and Depp v. Heard
from Candace Owens Emergency Podcast | The Tim Dillon Show #441 · #441
6 min
Guest
Candace and Tim discuss how post-9/11 lies and COVID hypocrisy fractured institutional trust, how the Depp-Heard trial exposed media narrative manipulation, and Candace's own past cognitive dissonance realizing outlets she once trusted were compromised.
- Tim claims he's a centrist who believes in pedophile cults and lizard people.
- Most people are sleepwalking through life, battered by contradictory information about who's good and bad.
- Media trust fracturing has been necessary, and Johnny Depp trial showed how easily press manufactures villains and victims.
- COVID response destroyed friendships and trust, with people finding out they'd been lied to by experts and media.
- Post-9/11 generation stopped trusting government after weapons of mass destruction and Dick Cheney, similar to how COVID shaped younger people.
- Tim went through phase of realizing Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Washington Post all serve corporate interests.
- Once you accept you can be wrong and investigate things yourself, you feel more confident and can judge on merits.
- Tim was labeled anti-Black on Wikipedia despite having Candace Owens on podcast in 2020 to platform a marginalized woman of color.
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